The Plus & Pro models do however the basic Roamio only has 4 tuners/buffers. But you might say why you are asking for more info.

I'm asking because I also use a DirecTV DVR in my vacation home and it does not provide live buffers on each of it's 5 tuners. I wanted to insure that the Roamio implementation was similar to my S3.
Thanks for the information. Now to make a decision.

I'm asking because I also use a DirecTV DVR in my vacation home and it does not provide live buffers on each of it's 5 tuners. I wanted to insure that the Roamio implementation was similar to my S3.
Thanks for the information. Now to make a decision.

Ursa

Ok each tuner can/does have it's own live buffer, as long as the tuners are on different channels. If the tuners end up on the same channel I believe there is only one buffer for that channel. Some people have had some issues with this so you may want to look at some other threads like this one:

Ok each tuner can/does have it's own live buffer, as long as the tuners are on different channels. If the tuners end up on the same channel I believe there is only one buffer for that channel. Some people have had some issues with this so you may want to look at some other threads like this one:

Pretty sure each are independent. I can have the same channel on different tuners at different pause points.

That other thread is mine. I was seeing all tuners on the same channel and people were thinking it was due to either a reboot (which does reset all to the same tuner but mine didn't) or suggestions will set back to same channel.

I have seen nothing to suggest you can have 6 tuners on the same channel all with their own buffer. (not sure why anyone would want this anyway)

Pretty sure each are independent. I can have the same channel on different tuners at different pause points.

That other thread is mine. I was seeing all tuners on the same channel and people were thinking it was due to either a reboot (which does reset all to the same tuner but mine didn't) or suggestions will set back to same channel.

I have seen nothing to suggest you can have 6 tuners on the same channel all with their own buffer. (not sure why anyone would want this anyway)

-Kevin

If the TiVo is rebooted, or you check the signal strength, afterwards it will have all tuners on the same channel.(If it doesn't start a recording) Each tuner seems like it has it's own buffer.